George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it
All great truths begin as blasphemies
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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